{"id":61356,"date":"2005-06-11T21:35:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-12T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=61356"},"modified":"2023-06-11T21:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T02:38:24","slug":"notes-on-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Notes on Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Drugs for Medicinal Purposes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/notes-on-medicinal-products\/\">Notes on Medicinal Products<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Abused Drugs are Illegal<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Romans 13:1-5<\/li>\n<li>Titus 3:1<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 2:13-14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Drugs Intoxicate the User<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew 24:45-51<\/li>\n<li>Luke 12:45<\/li>\n<li>Romans 13:12-14<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 5:11<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 6:9-11<\/li>\n<li>Galatians 5:19-21<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 5:18<\/li>\n<li>I Thessalonians 5:6-8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Drugs Weaken the Mind&#8217;s Ability to Judge and Exercise Self-Control<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Proverbs 4:23<\/li>\n<li>Acts 24:25<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 9:25-27<\/li>\n<li>Galatians 5:23<\/li>\n<li>I Thessalonians 5:6-8<\/li>\n<li>II Timothy 1:7<\/li>\n<li>Titus 2:2, 4, 6, 12<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 1:13-17<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 4:1-7<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 5:8-9<\/li>\n<li>II Peter 1:6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Drug Abuse is Progressive, Tempting the User into Deeper Sins<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Psalms 26:5<\/li>\n<li>Psalms 119:63<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs 4:14-15<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs 6:27-28<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs 13:20<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs 22:3<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs 23:17<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs 23:20-21<\/li>\n<li>Proverbs 24:1-2<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 6:13<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 18:8-9<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 26:41<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 5:6-7<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 15:33<\/li>\n<li>II Corinthians 6:14-17<\/li>\n<li>Hebrews 12:15<\/li>\n<li>James 4:4<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 4:3-4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Drug Abusers Lie to Cover Up Their Addiction<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Revelation 21:8<\/li>\n<li>I Timothy 1:10-11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Drug Abusers Become Negligent, Careless, Lazy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ecclesiastes 9:10<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 6:5-8<\/li>\n<li>Colossians 3:22-24<\/li>\n<li>I Thessalonians 4:11-12<\/li>\n<li>II Thessalonians 3:10<\/li>\n<li>Titus 2:9-10<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 2:18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Because Drugs Abuse is Expensive and Abusers Aren&#8217;t Hard Workers, They Tend to Steal to Support Their Habbit<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew 15:19-20<\/li>\n<li>Romans 13:8-10<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 6:9-11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Because Religion Reminds Them They Are Wrong, Drug Abusers Lose Interest in Spiritual Things<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Psalms 1<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 6:33<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 16:24<\/li>\n<li>Acts 17:11<\/li>\n<li>Romans 12:1-2<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 15:58<\/li>\n<li>I Thessalonians 5:17<\/li>\n<li>Hebrews 10:25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Drugs Are Harmful to the Body<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>II Samuel 12:13-23<\/li>\n<li>II Kings 20:1-7<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 25:35-36, 43<\/li>\n<li>Luke 12:42ff<\/li>\n<li>Romans 12:1-2<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 4:2<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 6:19-20<\/li>\n<li>II Corinthians 12:7-10<\/li>\n<li>James 5:13<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 4:10<\/li>\n<li>III John 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Drug Abusers Set a Bad Example<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Proverbs 28:10<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 5:13-16<\/li>\n<li>Matthew 18:6-7<\/li>\n<li>Romans 1:32<\/li>\n<li>I Timothy 4:12<\/li>\n<li>I Timothy 5:22<\/li>\n<li>Titus 2:7-8<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 2:15-16<\/li>\n<li>I Peter 3:16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Drug Abusers Hang Out with Sinners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Psalms 1:1<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 5:11<\/li>\n<li>II John 9-11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>God Is the Answer to Drug Addiction<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Psalms 138:3<\/li>\n<li>Romans 8:31-39<\/li>\n<li>I Corinthians 10:13<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 3:20-21<\/li>\n<li>Ephesians 5:18<\/li>\n<li>Philippians 4:13<\/li>\n<li>James 1:17<\/li>\n<li>II Peter 1:3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A Drug Abuser 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